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  The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet           

  It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

  

  NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

   While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here

• Recent Posts

  • Fishermen threaten to ‘stop fishing’, take legal action over massive block of offshore wind farms

    Fishing boat owners in the north are threatening to stop fishing, and file injunctions with Europe, over the proposed creation of a massive block of offshore Read More »
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    New York Selects Equinor for Largest US Offshore Wind Award

    “Together, Equinor and the State of New York will create a robust offshore wind supply chain capable of manufacturing, assembling, and staging these projects at scale. Read More »

  • Aleut Enterprise charged with criminal negligence in Adak fuel spill

    The State of Alaska has filed criminal charges against Aleut Enterprise, a subsidiary of the Aleut Corporation, over a fuel spill in Adak.  continued@ktoo Read More »

  • Maine women welcome a sea of opportunities

    A blue lobster caught off Pine Point last month grabbed headlines for being a one in 2 million find. But the breed that appeared nearly as Read More »
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    Fisherman David Goethel takes case to US Supreme Court

    After losing a lawsuit alleging a federal agency has imposed unfair regulations, Hampton fisherman David Goethel is taking his case to the U.S. Supreme Court. Cause Read More »
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    ‘It’ll be a disaster’: Southeast Alaska fishermen fear looming closure of king salmon fishery

    “I’m optimistic, but I’m also scared as heck,” said Eric Jordan, a lifelong fisherman and resident of trolling stronghold Sitka at the standing room-only meeting with Read More »

  • House members blast Brown’s Bay Delta Conservation Plan – A real fish killer!

    Five members of Congress (all Democrats) held a news conference in Sacramento this morning to renew their staunch opposition to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan proposed Read More »
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    In Loving Memory: Nick McGlashan, By the McGlashan Family

    Bruce “Nick” McGlashan was born in Anchorage on Aug.1, 1987. He was the second child to Bruce Lanford and June McGlashan. Nick was baptized at the Read More »

  • Fish wrap-up – Debriefer: October 14, 2015

    From the Article: U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman co-sponsored the West Coast Dungeness Crab Management Act that seeks to permanently extend a 20-year fisheries management agreement aimed Read More »

  • Shrimp tested at NOLA restaurants: “The most blatant examples of inauthenticity”

    The shrimp testers are back in Louisiana, testing the authenticity of seafood at New Orleans restaurants ahead of the Super Bowl. New Orleans restaurants claiming to Read More »

  • Demand, Prices Up for Succulent Yukon River Chums

    Autumn has set in on Alaska’s Lower Yukon River, where the fall harvest of those oil-rich Yukon chum salmon is in progress, a fishery that feeds Read More »

  • Coast Guard responds to F/V Kalyn D boat fire and grounding

    Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Gloucester were notified by Rockport Harbormaster reporting that the 40-foot lobster fishing vessel Kalyn D. was on fire with two persons aboard, Saturday Read More »

  • Capt. Edwards casts off aboard Miss Judy Too for another shrimping season

    Capt. Tommy Edwards was back out in open waters as the local shrimping season kicked off. Aboard Edwards shrimp boat the Miss Judy Too, it’s a Read More »

  • Gloucester to take brunt of new NOAA fishing hits

    The port of Gloucester and its sector-based commercial fishermen could be crushed under emergency measures NOAA Fisheries is considering for Gulf of Maine cod, potentially losing Read More »

  • Dick Grachek: Thank you Seth Macinko

    Thank you Seth Macinko. Since I’ve been reading your work, over several years of Fish Wars, it has always been gratifying to see that there is at least one Read More »

  • Pacific Bluefin Tuna Heads Toward Protection

    Thirteen conservation groups and a former National Fisheries biologist petitioned for federal protection for Pacific bluefin tuna, and the marine agency agreed listing may be warranted. Read More »

  • Makah fishermen add value to catch at home by processing own fish fillets

    It took 10 years, but today, the Makah Cape Flattery Fisherman’s Co-op in Neah Bay has realized the goal of processing its own fish fillets, adding Read More »

  • Great Bay watch: Waterkeeper shares concerns on pollution, propane

    The most compelling one, Barnum said, is nitrogen discharge, either from wastewater plants or from nonpoint pollution such as runoff from fertilizers. He said nitrogen has Read More »
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    Global Diving Helps Refloat Boats After Hurricane Harvey

    The fishing vessel R&R is floating once again after spending a month at the bottom of Conn Brown Harbor in Aransas Pass, Texas. The 100-ton shrimp boat Read More »

  • Predators take big bite out of declining Atlantic mackerel population

    Predators ate at least twice as many Atlantic mackerel as commercial fishery landings in the decade leading up to Canada’s region-wide moratorium, according to new research by Read More »
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    Sanctuaries aren’t working

    One of the things I am not seeing in the discussion over a new marine sanctuary off our coast is how well are the ones we Read More »

  • You’ll wish you’d met this Alaskan fishing captain after reading his obit

    Today, I have come across the greatest obituary ever written. And Lord knows I wished I had met this guy. You’ll probably feel the same way. Read More »
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    Pelagic Partnership Takes Delivery of New Artemis 

    The latest pelagic vessel to join the Scottish fleet has been built for a partnership that began fishing with the 64-metre former Resolute, which became Artemis for its Read More »
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    North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for May 10, 2019

    >Click here to read the Weekly Update<, to read all the updates >click here<, for older updates listed as NCFA >click here<11:58 Read More »

  • Owners of Seized Togiak Bay Fishing Vessels Fined Nearly $90K

    ANCHORAGE –  The owners of six fishing vessels seized in Togiak Bay for illegal salmon fishing this month have been fined a total of almost $90,000, Read More »

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